- [Voiceover] In this movie, we're gonna begin drawing…the outline of the main portion of the factory here…using the line segment tool.…Alright, so I'll go ahead and switch over…to these random lines here.…Obviously I don't want them, they're just here…for the sake of demonstration.…So to get rid of them, I'll go up to the Select menu…and choose the All command, or you can just press…that keyboard shortcut of control+a…here on a PC, or command+a on a Mac.…And then I'll just go ahead and press…the backspace key, or the delete key,…in order to get rid of those lines.…

But notice, that still leaves us with a lines layer…here inside the layers panel.…Alright, now, to create the first portion…of the inclined roof of the factory,…I'll go ahead and click some place…in the right portion of the document…along this horizontal guideline, and that'll bring up…the line segment tool options dialog box,…in which one I'm gonna change…the Length value to 100 points.…And then, also, notice, in addition to entering…a numerical angle value, you can drag here…

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Want to master the most powerful vector-based drawing program on the planet? It starts with getting the most comprehensive training available. With all-new movies and all-new exercise files, Illustrator CC 2015 One-on-One: Fundamentals is the first in a series of three courses by industry pro Deke McClelland. With these tutorials, you'll be able to create amazing works of art and design. You'll get exactly what you need to know, in the order you need to know it, whenever it's most convenient for you to learn.

Start watching to learn how to create multipage documents with artboards; how to draw anything you can imagine with the Pen, Pencil, and Curvature tools; and how to start adding color to your artwork with swatches. Deke also covers drawing shapes, adjusting strokes, formatting text, and painting digitally, with or without a tablet. Each chapter should leave you with a new set of skills—and a sense of accomplishment.

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